I n the crisp mountain air of Uttarakhand ... first Indian state to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). This legal step, which comes on the back of one of the most polarising debates in ...

The beginning of the last quarter of the century since the adoption of the Indian Constitution has begun, with Dev Bhoomi ...

On February 7, the Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, becoming the first legislature in independent India to pass a law that proposes common rules on marriage ...

Titled ‘The Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand, 2024’, the Bill was one of the BJP’s poll promises during the 2022 Assembly election campaign. Although its applicability is supposed to be ...

With the commencement of the special Uttarakhand Assembly session on Monday, the stage is set for Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s government to table the Uniform Civil Code (UCC ...

The push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, exemplified by Uttarakhand's enactment, is framed as secular progress. However, critics argue true equality requires dismantling inequities within ...

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was honored by the Dr BR Ambedkar Mahamanch in Haridwar for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand. Dhami expressed gratitude, emphasizing the ...

The Chief Minister was attending a workshop in Haridwar on the effective implementation of UCC. "UCC has freed Muslim sisters from social evils. Now all women will get justice in inheritance and ...

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